Daniel Palmer

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Previously one of CoinDesk's longest-tenured contributors, and now one of our news editors, Daniel has authored over 750 stories for the site. When not writing or editing, he likes to make ceramics. Daniel holds small amounts of BTC and ETH (See: Editorial Policy).

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Australian Senator and Assistant Minister for Financial Services and Financial Technology Jane Hume
Australian Minister Says Government Has 'No Issue' With Crypto Investment
Senator Jane Hume also said cryptocurrencies are "an asset class that will grow in importance."
Australian Senator and Assistant Minister for Financial Services and Financial Technology Jane Hume
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Top Crypto Exchanges See Technical Issues Amid Market Crash
Coinbase, Gemini and Kraken are all reporting technical issues at press time.
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Cairo, Egypt
Egypt's Largest Bank Joins Ripple Network for Cross-Border Payments
Egypt is in the top five nations globally in terms of remittance flows from ex-pat communities.
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MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor
MicroStrategy: Another Dip, Another $10M Bitcoin Purchase
The listed firm now holds 92,079 BTC bought for a total of $2.251 billion.
MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor
Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein
Grayscale Seeks SEC Reporting Status for Its Digital Large Cap Fund
The crypto asset manager's bitcoin and ethereum trusts both achieved reporting status last year.
Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein
Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan
Bitwise Launches ETF of 30 'Pure-Play' Crypto Firms Like Coinbase, MicroStrategy
The ETF will aim to track Bitwise's list of top crypto firms and includes companies with $100 million or more of liquid crypto assets on their balance sheet.
Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan
Rio de Janeiro
Coinbase, SoftBank Back $26M Funding for Brazilian Crypto Asset Manager Hashdex
The firm has $76 million in assets under management.
Rio de Janeiro
Telegram mobile app
WallStreetBets Members May Have Lost Over $2M to Telegram Crypto Scam: Report
WSB members were encouraged to buy a new token called WSB Finance on a Telegram account not affiliated with the subreddit.
Telegram mobile app
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Meitu Buys More Bitcoin and Ether, Bringing Total Holdings to $90M
The software company now has $50.4 million in ether and $39.5 million in bitcoin.
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong
Coinbase Registers 114.9M Shares for Public Listing
Coinbase plans the resale of 114,850,769 shares of Class A common stock for its public offering.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong